Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Coming this June, Dior 5 Couleurs Designer Eyeshadow Palettes ($63 CAD) are inspired by professional looks and techniques used by runway backstage experts. Each palette comes with five curated shades, including a gel liner, that makes applying eye makeup a breeze. With six new palettes, the range features an array of silky and sheer shadows that allow for a customized application. To see some swatches and my thoughts my the palettes, click......

Dior 5 Couleurs Design Eyeshadow Palettes

Packaging:
The Dior 5 Couleurs Design palettes come in dark blue compacts bearing the Dior logo. The inside comes with a mirror and two duo-ended shadow and liner applicators (one made of bristles and the other sponge). The palette comes with a dustbag as the compact easily picks up fingerprints and smudges.
I've never been a fan of compacts that contain both creams (gel liner in this case) and shadows in the same compartment and I feel no differently about these. The gel liners are more prone to drying out and the shadow fallouts also tend to end up in the cream product.

Dior 5 Couleurs Design Eyeshadow Palettes

Formulation:
Overall, the Dior shadows have a sheer formulation. Unlike the ultra creamy, buttery shadows often found from brands like Urban Decay or Too Faced, these Diorshow 5 Couleurs Designer shadows have a drier but still silky texture. The sheer formulation offers a lot of versatility but if you prefer the intensely pigmented, one swipe and go type of look, these probably won't do. However, if you like the softer, more natural office-friendly look, these are definitely more suitable.

The gel liner in each palette dries out pretty quickly. Even after one use, I noticed the patch that I have dipped into has hardened noticeably. Additionally, the formulation is not great; the liners are not at all smudge-proof.

Each palette comes with a base shadow, an all-over shade, a crease color (dark shimmer/metallic), a highlighter (pure sparkles), and a matte gel liner.

208 Navy Design:Base: White satin with subtle pale gold sparkles.All-over: Periwinkle with iridescent shimmers.Crease: Smoky navy with iridescent shimmers.Highlight: Silvery blue iridescent glitter. This shade is mostly glitters with no base pigmentation; the texture is quite fine and not at all gritty.Liner: Dark navy black, the formulation is quite smooth but not smudge-proof.

308 Khaki Design:Base: Pale peach satin wth subtle iridescent sparkles (very similar to the base from Taupe Design).All-over: Pale shimmery green.Crease: Dark smoky green shimmer. This is the most pigmented shadow of all the palettes, the texture is just spectacular.Highlight: Pale gold glitter. The glitter count of this shade is amazing, it is jam-packed to the brim with sparkles.Liner: Dark inky green. The formulation is not as opaque and again, not smudge-proof.

808 Purple Design:Base: Warm pale pink with iridescent sparkles.All-over: Pale orchid shimmer.Crease: Soft purple shimmer.Highlight: Pale pink iridescent glitter with no base pigmentation.Liner: Dark eggplant. This one is a bit sheer and streaky; the formulation is also not smudge-proof.

808 Purple Design

808 Purple Design

Overall:
These five are all decent shadow palettes, but none of them make me fall head-over-heel, especially given the steep price tag. With the exception of Khaki Design, which features a really pigmented dark green, all the other palettes' shadows are soft and sheer colors that don't really pack a bunch. Additionally, the liners within these palettes are disappointing as the formulation is not at all smudge-proof.

Availability:
The Diorshow 5 Couleurs Design palettes will be available at Dior counters nationwide starting June 2015.